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The 1957 issue of Life that includes the first coverage of Psilocybin Mushrooms in the Western World also has an advert for a local KKK sponsored baseball team.
by marikio 3y ago
The 1957 issue of Life that includes the first coverage of Psilocybin Mushrooms in the Western World also has an advert for a local KKK sponsored baseball team. Wild.
- anon____ 3y agoThat's interesting, thanks! > "Seeking the Magic Mushroom" is a 1957 photo essay by amateur mycologist Robert Gordon Wasson describing his experience taking psilocybin mushrooms in 1955 during a Mazatec ritual in Oaxaca, Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeking_the_Magic_Mushroom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeking_the_Magic_Mushroom I found this issue of Life in the Internet Archive, here's the Magic Mushroom photo essay: https://archive.org/details/sim_life_1957-05-13_42_19/page/100/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/sim_life_1957-05-13_42_19/page/1.... The KKK baseball team story is a report, not an advertisement (although there's an insane amount of ads in that magazine): https://archive.org/details/sim_life_1957-05-13_42_19/page/43/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/sim_life_1957-05-13_42_19/page/4....
- marikio 3y agoThanks for the correction! Haven’t browsed it in about 5 years now, so memory is foggy :)